Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overfish
Participle: overfished
Gerund: overfishing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overfish |
| you | overfish |
| he;she;it | overfishes |
| we | overfish |
| you | overfish |
| they | overfish |
Perfect
| I | have overfished |
| you | have overfished |
| he;she;it | has overfished |
| we | have overfished |
| you | have overfished |
| they | have overfished |
Past
| I | overfished |
| you | overfished |
| he;she;it | overfished |
| we | overfished |
| you | overfished |
| they | overfished |
Pluperfect
| I | had overfished |
| you | had overfished |
| he;she;it | had overfished |
| we | had overfished |
| you | had overfished |
| they | had overfished |
Future
| I | will overfish |
| you | will overfish |
| he;she;it | will overfish |
| we | will overfish |
| you | will overfish |
| they | will overfish |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overfished |
| you | will have overfished |
| he;she;it | will have overfished |
| we | will have overfished |
| you | will have overfished |
| they | will have overfished |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overfish |
| you | overfish |
| he;she;it | overfish |
| we | overfish |
| you | overfish |
| they | overfish |
Perfect
| I | have overfished |
| you | have overfished |
| he;she;it | have overfished |
| we | have overfished |
| you | have overfished |
| they | have overfished |
Imperfect
| I | overfished |
| you | overfished |
| he;she;it | overfished |
| we | overfished |
| you | overfished |
| they | overfished |
Pluperfect
| I | had overfished |
| you | had overfished |
| he;she;it | had overfished |
| we | had overfished |
| you | had overfished |
| they | had overfished |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overfish |
| you | would overfish |
| he;she;it | would overfish |
| we | would overfish |
| you | would overfish |
| they | would overfish |
Perfect
| I | would have overfished |
| you | would have overfished |
| he;she;it | would have overfished |
| we | would have overfished |
| you | would have overfished |
| they | would have overfished |
Imperative
| you | overfish |
| we | Let's overfish |
| you | overfish |
Verbs conjugated like 'overfish'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overfish'
overfill,
overfire,
overfit,
overfix,
overflush,
overlash,
overpush,
overwash,
vernish,
cherish,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *úp
3. Proto-Indo-European *-er
4. Proto-Indo-European *upér
5. Proto-Germanic *uber
6. Old English ofer-
7. Middle English over-
8. English over-
9. Proto-Indo-European *péysks
10. Proto-Germanic *fiskaz
11. Proto-West Germanic *fisk
12. Old English fisċ
13. Middle English fisch
14. English fish
15. English overfish
16. From over- + fish.
Sample Sentences
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In the 1970s, it become^([sic]) increasingly clear that cod were being overfished in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. [2001, Bob Ritter, “Chapter 4: Sustaining Aquatic Ecosystems”, in Science 10, Nelson Thomson Learning, page 152:]